This past weekend, two of the major summertime Warcraft III tournaments were held: the CPL Extreme Summer Championships and the ESWC. The ESWC attracted most of the European players in the world, which left the CPL with a primarily North American competition. Below are the 32 seedings for the Warcraft III tournament at this year's CPL.
The Players
1
mouz.Shortround-
2
4K.ToD
3
mTw-Wizard
4
mTw-DIDI8
5
SK|ElakeDuck
6
rS.eTched
7
mtw-Shock
8
mTw-Tak3r
9
mouz.BenQ.Subo
10
u5.lnclnerator
11
u5.Qazzi
12
[pG]Boo
13
rS.Hunter
14
u5.ViVi
15
u5.Newbiee
16
PerFume
17
rS.PiLLaGe
18
MaMe
19
MrTuTu
20
TiGel2.
21
TestLng
22
Amp
23
(xP-57)KarisM4
24
Scourge
25
H17MarkyMark
26
sleepz
27
I2ob1N
28
Kooper
29
XJolt
30
Unavailable
31
Darius
32
Sephi
The Tournament
Grapevine, Texas was chosen as the host for the CPL in its USA stop. The CPL Extreme Summer Championships were held at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention center. The resort is surrounded by rolling hills and lends an awesome view of Lake Grapevine.
The tournament went on for a grueling three days. The first round saw no upsets and only one match went to three games in this double-elimination tournament. Round two of the winners bracket went to mouz|ShortRound, mouz|BenQ.Subo, SK|ElakeDuck, mTw-DIDI8, mTw-Wizard, rS.eTched, u5.IncInerator, and 4K^ToD.
Heading into day two, the tourney started to get moving with 4K^ToD besting SK|ElakeDuck in a shutout victory. In the semi-finals, mouz|BenQ.Subo lost to SK|ElakeDuck and had to face mTw-DIDI8 in the loser bracket finals. mTw-DIDI8 came out on top with a 2-1 victory over mouz|BenQ.Subo. This one was a close three-map match.
The final day was an exciting one. The top two players at the CPL, 4K^ToD and mTw-DIDI8, were at the final bout. This match-up consisted of a best-of-three-maps battle: Turtle Rock, Lost Temple, and Twisted Meadows. In a close game, 4K^ToD came out victorious over mTw-DIDI8. Afterwards, mTw-DIDI8 went on to face SK|ElakeDuck to determine second and third place. This was another close, three-map game that yielded mTw-DIDI8 as first runner-up in the CPL Summer Championships.
The final standing were 4K^ToD, mTw-DIDI8, and SK|ElakeDuck respectively. The prizes were cash lots of $6,000 for first, $4,600 for second, and $3,400 for third place.
